i usually hate remakes. i heard somewhere about police academy and the daredevil and spider man thing. but the graduate? what the hell! that is just too mcuh. wolfman was good thoguh i have to admit. and i trust anything guillermo delToro makes remake or not: he is just a great director. but yes, remakes are huge and sequels are big now too. robocop? damn one of my fav films: hope they don't screw it up. damn i am just venting, but my point is that most remakes suck, and they are even remaking crappy movies: which is even worse!



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: Studios have gone back to the future as they develop their
: upcoming slates, eyeing a slew of hits from the 1980s to remake,
: reboot or reimagine. The irony is that 'Back to the Future'
: isn't one of them. Everything else is essentially getting the
: 'Clash of the Titans' treatment: retooled with flashier f/x and
: a new cast of recognizable names to reintroduce the material to
: a new generation of moviegoers.
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: At least 30 films from the '80s are being revamped, including
: the comedies 'Police Academy,' 'Short Circuit' and 'Private
: Benjamin,' horror fare like 'Fright Night' and 'Poltergeist,'
: actioners 'Escape From New York,' 'RoboCop' and 'Red Dawn,' and
: everything in between from 'Near Dark' to 'Footloose' and 'The
: Karate Kid.' New sequels are in store for 'Beverly Hills Cop'
: and 'Ghostbusters.'
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: The projects are the latest sign of Hollywood's continued
: retrenchment into a safe zone where it only greenlights films
: with built-in awareness - pictures based on kids and young adult
: books, videogames, comicbooks and toys, for example.
:
: Of course, Hollywood isn't just remaking movies from the '80s.
: Studios have dug into their vaults and are eyeing remakes of
: Alfred Hitchcock's 'The Birds,' comedy 'The Graduate,' sci-fi
: classics like 'Fantastic Voyage' and oater 'True Grit.'
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: Six actors have played James Bond on the bigscreen over the
: years; four have similarly donned Batman's cape and cowl.
: Russell Crowe is the latest Robin Hood, and Robert Downey Jr. is
: now suiting up as both Iron Man and Sherlock Holmes. "These
: are iconic characters," says one Warner Bros.-based
: producer behind a number of redos. "It almost doesn't
: matter who plays them. The actor isn't the star; the characters
: are much bigger than they will ever be."
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: That iconic status is why Universal keeps eyeing its classic
: monsters like Dracula, Frankenstein, the Bride of Frankenstein,
: the Wolfman, the Invisible Man and the Creature of the Black
: Lagoon as prime for bigscreen returns. Universal is moving
: forward with 'Dracula Year Zero' as an origin story of how
: Prince Vlad the Impaler becomes the bloodsucking vamp, with Sam
: Worthington set to star. It also has a 'Frankenstein' remake in
: the works with Guillermo del Toro set to helm.
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: It's also why studios aren't eager to give up the rights to make
: superhero fare featuring characters from Marvel's pantheon of
: crimefighters. Fox is planning to reboot 'The Fantastic Four'
: and 'Daredevil' as new franchises after the films struggled to
: live up to their potential as major moneymaking franchises. And
: Sony is also relaunching 'Spider-Man' as a new series of movies
: with a younger cast and director, after sequels proved too
: costly to make.
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: You can make changes, update the plots and add more weight to
: the characters," says a producer. The question now is, what
: happens if the new versions don't work? Or what if they do? Will
: Hollywood be remaking the remakes 30 years from now?
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